And where we were before
Equinoxing to Wintering.
This is a fresh start, and a refresh of my writing palette. A different place to create, to align with expressions that want to come from my soul, my heart, and even my mind. I can go on sometimes, but, really it’s very simple:
1. Synchronicities are everywhere now
I have a strong desire for lovely fonts outlining my words. This space lets me revel in just that, dreamily, joyfully. As I thought about why I love using this Substack space, the fonts called out to me. Then I looked at my clock and it read 12:34 so I took that as (another) synchronicity, the meaning being simply that I can do things for love. Even if that love is about letter shapes.
2. No heroism required
Can we enjoy each other? The expressions we make, the nuances and edges and the desires we have to be heard and represented. Be still if you need to, be gleeful, too. If I bring my soul to the party, on a platter of poetry, in a stocking of stories, will you bring yours?
3. Vagueries may happen
I’m not someone who speaks in enigmas, but I dare say my words don’t often be like, wut? Here’s the plan.
Free subscribers will receive two Cosmic Hiccups each month, Sundays be they may. What on earth is that?, I hear you ask. In fact, what in the cosmos, because, it’s in the title. A broad display of poetry (probably haiku but sometimes not), short stories that I hash out to see what sticks, and observational ramblings which may be more about philosophy, life as a disabled creative, melancholic wordlings, neurodivergent accoutrements. I will always add images because illustrating is my life force.
The Tale of Two Ends—now that tale is a whopper and requires lots of imagery and drafting and it’ll soon be only for paid subscribers (because it’s my life’s adventure). For now it’s also for free subscribers, until it won’t be.
4. Here’s a post that I created earlier (elsewhere)
I wanted to get this first Hello post out of the way, to clear the air, so that I can prepare you for what will be coming in terms of my writing. The next post will be Equinoxing, a serious post about my observations of my own evolving relationship with the word Disability and how I bring out my lived experience through creativity. Mine isn’t a unique story, and encapsulating all angles isn’t possible.
I called the process of writing this Equinoxing (partly because I was writing at the time of the Autumn Equinox); a way of finding the balance between two presumably disparate aspects of life, creativity and disability. I hope you’ll come back so you can enjoy it.
There’s more on the way!
5. Thanks for reading and thanks for supporting!
Right now I’m preparing for the coming of winter. I’ve a live Adobe Fresco presentation (I’m as nervous as you are) showing my art process from sketch to final piece ready to add to my shop (yes, I have an art print shop!). As an Adobe Community Expert I will be sharing more of my art process, in both video (hello introverted-me) and in words on here (and sometimes in other places too).
This is occurring on the 1st November, a day in Wales known as Calan Gaeaf, which translates to the start of winter. Beginning the night before with the spooky Nos Calan Gaeaf, also known as Hallowe’en across the world, Calan Gaeaf is vaguely similar to Day of the Dead, perhaps mixed with a little All Saints’ Day.
It’s a time for honouring ancestors, the end of the harvest, the start of the downtime.
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